Postcards
From Washington
DC
Photo moments
from TRS 2008
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PPM
In-Depth: Moderator
Holland Cooke,
news talk specialist
for McVay Media,
described the
TRS PPM panel
as “all-star.”
From left are
Cooke, Bonneville
senior VP Joel
Oxley, CBS Radio
news KYW/Philadelphia
PD Steve Butler,
Coleman Insights
president Jon
Coleman and Arbitron
VP of PPM sales
John Snyder. |
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Meeting
Of The Minds:
The most raucous
panel was the
“Reverse
Debate,”
featuring eight
talk hosts discussing
their views on
current hot-button
issues. From left
are Radio America’s
G. Gordon Liddy,
Greater Media
talk WBT/Charlotte’s
Jeff Katz, Buckley
talk WOR/New York’s
Steve Malzberg,
Westwood One’s
Jim Bohannon,
Jones Radio Networks’
Stephanie Miller,
Syndication One’s
the Rev. Al Sharpton,
Jones Radio Networks’
Ed Schultz, Westwood
One’s Phil
Valentine and
moderator George
Stepahnopoulos
of ABC News. |
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Round
Table, Part One:
The 2008 R&R
Talk Radio Seminar
opened with “The
Talking Heads of
Talk Radio,”
a round-table discussion
of the biggest issues
facing the radio
industry. Among
the panelists, from
left, were Jones
Radio Networks VP/GM of
news and talk Amy
Bolton, RAB president/CEO
Jeff Haley, VP of ESPN Business Units Traug
Keller and Sound
Mind principal Kraig Kitchin. |
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Round
Table, Part Two:
The other half
of the “Talking
Heads of Talk
Radio” panel
that kicked off
the seminar comprised,
from left, CBS
News Radio VP
Harvey Nagler,
CBS Radio VP of
programming Chris
Oliviero, NAB
president/CEO
David Rehr and
President of ABC Radio Networks Jim Robinson. |
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Engagment
Without A Ring:
Ronning Lipset Radio
co-founder Andy
Lipset offered ways
to better engage
people listening
to streaming audio. |
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KFI
Wins: Clear
Channel talk KFI/Los
Angeles director
of marketing Neil
Saavedra made
several trips
to the stage as
the station won
four awards at
the 2008 R&R
News Talk Inudustry
Achievement Awards.
KFI won station
of the year, markets
1-25. Morning
host Bill Handel
took best local
talk personality,
Greg Ashlock won
GM of the year,
and Robin Bertolucci
won PD of the
year. From left
are R&R news/talk/sports
editor Mike Stern,
Saavedra and R&R
president/publisher
Erica Farber. |
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News
Executive Of The
Year: CBS
Radio News VP Harvey
Nagler won the 2008
R&R News Talk
Industry Achievement
Award for news executive
of the year. To
see all of this
year’s winners,
visit radioandrecords.com.
From left are R&R
news/talk/sports
editor Mike Stern,
Nagler and R&R
president/publisher
Erica Farber. |
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Marketing
The Machine:
Bill Hampton,
executive VP of
“The Dave
Ramsey Show,”
shared
insights on marketing
and building
the Ramsey brand. |
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Breakfast
With Dobbs:
After recently debuting
his new United Stations
Radio Networks afternoon
show, CNN host Lou
Dobbs spoke March
14 to the seminar
crowd. |
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Stephanopoulos
Tames Tigers:
ABC News’
George Stephanopoulos
skillfully moderated
the wildly entertaining
"Reverse
Debate”
panel, which featured
eight talk hosts—four
from each side
of the issues—debating
today’s
hottest topics. |
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Practical
Advice From Edelman:
ABC Radio syndicated
host Ric Edelman
showed why his financial
advice focused show
is growing in popularity,
as he shared numerous
no-nonsense suggestions
that attendees could
apply to their own
financial futures. |
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Schieffer
Shares:
CBS News’
Bob Schieffer
spoke March 15,
sharing his humor
and insightful
observations including
the admission
that he is planning
on “dialing
down” his
talk of retiring
after the presidential
election. |
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